Where does “seer” come from?

Seer comes from Old English sēon meaning "to see," traced through Proto-Indo-European sed- and Proto-Italic -os, ultimately deriving from Latin -arius and -are formations.

seer (English): One who sees something; an eyewitness; One who...

Definitions

  1. One who sees something; an eyewitness; One who...

Ancestry of “seer”, step by step

seer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English See

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSee—
2Middle Englishseento see
3Old Englishsēonto be; to filter; to see, look, behold, perceive,...
4Proto-West Germanicsehwanto see
5Proto-Germanicsehwanąto see
6Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via Middle English seere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishseereAlternative form of sere; Alternative form of...
2Old Englishsēarwithered, barren; dry
3Proto-West Germanic*sauʀ(ī)dry, parched
4Proto-Germanicsauzazdry, parched
5Proto-Indo-Europeansaus-dry, parched

Words derived from “seer”

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